Depressed Jane

Let Me Tell You More About My Depressed, Miserable Existence

Archive for March, 2006

Antwerp, Belgium and UmeÃ¥, Sweden − About 1 in 10 Europeans has to contend with some form of depression during his or her life. But how people become depressed is still largely a mystery. With their recent research, scientists from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) connected to the University of Antwerp in collaboration with scientists of the University of UmeÃ¥ in Sweden, are lifting a corner of the veil… click link for more info.

Read full article

Popularity: unranked [?]

People age 70 and older who continued taking the antidepressant that helped them to initially recover from their first episode of depression were 60 percent less likely to experience a new episode of depression over a two-year study period than those who stopped taking the medication, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health… click link for more info.

Read full article

Popularity: unranked [?]

Whether depressed patients will respond to an antidepressant depends, in part, on which version of a gene they inherit, a study led by scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has discovered. Having two copies of one version of a gene that codes for a component of the brain’s mood-regulating system increased the odds of a favorable response to an antidepressant by up to 18 percent, compared to having two copies of the other, more common version… click link for more info.

Read full article

Popularity: unranked [?]

Antwerp, Belgium and UmeÃ¥, Sweden − About 1 in 10 Europeans has to contend with some form of depression during his or her life. But how people become depressed is still largely a mystery. With their recent research, scientists from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) connected to the University of Antwerp in collaboration with scientists of the University of UmeÃ¥ in Sweden, are lifting a corner of the veil… click link for more info.

Read full article

Popularity: unranked [?]

People age 70 and older who continued taking the antidepressant that helped them to initially recover from their first episode of depression were 60 percent less likely to experience a new episode of depression over a two-year study period than those who stopped taking the medication, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health… click link for more info.

Read full article

Popularity: unranked [?]

Whether depressed patients will respond to an antidepressant depends, in part, on which version of a gene they inherit, a study led by scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has discovered. Having two copies of one version of a gene that codes for a component of the brain’s mood-regulating system increased the odds of a favorable response to an antidepressant by up to 18 percent, compared to having two copies of the other, more common version… click link for more info.

Read full article

Popularity: unranked [?]

About 1 in 10 Europeans has to contend with some form of depression during his or her life. But how people become depressed is still largely a mystery. With their recent research, scientists from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) connected to the University of Antwerp in collaboration with scientists of the University of UmeÃ¥ in Sweden, are lifting a corner of the veil… click link for more info.

Read full article

Popularity: unranked [?]

CINCINNATI. Despite recent restrictions placed on work hours for resident physicians, the prevalence of significant depressive symptoms among those new physicians has not decreased.Now researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) suggest that religious and spiritual characteristics of residents may influence their risk for depressive symptoms… click link for more info.

Read full article

Popularity: unranked [?]

USA Today on Monday examined the risks pregnant women face when continuing or stopping treatment for depression during pregnancy. Two recent studies, … click link for more info.

Read full article

Popularity: unranked [?]

Faxing pharmacy information to alert physicians when their patients fail to refill their prescriptions for antidepressants may not increase the rates of patients taking their drugs as prescribed, according to an article in the March 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals… click link for more info.

Read full article

Popularity: unranked [?]